Basilio Said It Best

#128
#128
GAVol said:
Don't know. Don't care.

Barring a miraculous turnaround, I'm for ousting CM and getting an actual coaching search underway that doesn't include Pearl.
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Hey guy, communists live in Russia.

How long before someone doesn't realize I'm using sarcasm?
 
#129
#129
GAVol said:
That's the problem. There's no telling what is going to happen next.

It took Pearl almost 20 years to get a big job after the Deon Thomas thing. In less than 6 years, he screwed that up. Maybe he comes back and is squeaky clean. But why do we want to be the ones to roll the dice and find out what happens the 3rd time around when there are other good coaches out there?
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Like BTO asked who??? Your kinda like my kids " Where you want to eat??? Kids "I don't care", then I say a place and then they say "I don't want to eat their!!! Drive me crazy. We watch basketball to be entertained!!! I don't need any more stress. Just bring the man back. It was always a show and fun, and that's the bottom line!!
 
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#130
#130
GAVol said:
That's the problem. There's no telling what is going to happen next.

It took Pearl almost 20 years to get a big job after the Deon Thomas thing. In less than 6 years, he screwed that up. Maybe he comes back and is squeaky clean. But why do we want to be the ones to roll the dice and find out what happens the 3rd time around when there are other good coaches out there?
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He will stay clean if its put in his new contract
 
#132
#132
Other than a little closer scrutiny who cares what the NCAA thinks? They are as selective as they are inconsistent. They interfere and it could be a lawsuit that might actually bring some order to an organization that picks and chooses who they punish.
 
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#134
#134
piano said:
Never gonna happen. Pearl is done. UT will not look back at this lying loser when there are so many better options out there. You know, real coaches who don't lie to the NCAA and get the University in trouble.
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He was a liar, but far from a loser. But you my friend are most definitely a loser for making statements like that. I'm sure you have never lied. Right? And what are these better options you speak of? Bruce Pearl will be coaching somewhere within the next year and he will turn some program around. I just hope it's UT.
 
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#136
Step #1-show CCM the door....Step #2-Hire ***** to get VOL BB back to the NCAA. Step #3- pull for the VOLS.....Very simple:dance2:
 
#137
#137
Pearl will not screw up again , no matter who hires him. He knows this is his last chance to ever coach again. The man lied and paid a heck of a price for it. Probably more severe than it should of been but he paid the price.
I don't know who Tn will hire but somebody is going to hire Pearl and take that chance and Tn might as well be the one to hire him. Pearl did not leave Knoxville for a reason and from what I was told, Pearl has some big boosters in his corner. Either way ,this is Pearls last shot at coaching and I just don't see him screwing up again.
 
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#138
UTjonez said:
I am a huge Pearl fan and would love to see him back at UT. But, if for whatever reason we can't get him I hope the AD gives Rick Byrd from Belmont a look. It seems like his teams are winning close to the 30 games every year. And his teams play really well on the road. In the past few years I have seen his teams play UT very well and I believe they beat UNC on the road and last year Duke just barely inched by them. I am shocked nobody has snatched him up from Belmont.
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Byrd is a great guy and has done well at Belmont, but he'd be a horrible hire given what we've been through with Martin. That hire would in no way fire up the fanbase.
 
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#139
tnvols72 said:
Pearl will not screw up again , no matter who hires him. He knows this is his last chance to ever coach again. The man lied and paid a heck of a price for it. Probably more severe than it should of been but he paid the price.
I don't know who Tn will hire but somebody is going to hire Pearl and take that chance and Tn might as well be the one to hire him. Pearl did not leave Knoxville for a reason and from what I was told, Pearl has some big boosters in his corner. Either way ,this is Pearls last shot at coaching and I just don't see him screwing up again.
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I would think the fact he didn't leave Knoxville would be a pretty big clue he has some big booster friends. That was no accident; and this is coming from someone who laughs at conspiracy theories (not that this is one but you know what I mean).
 
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#140
VolsSportsFan said:
I would think the fact he didn't leave Knoxville would be a pretty big clue he has some big booster friends. That was no accident; and this is coming from someone who laughs at conspiracy theories (not that this is one but you know what I mean).
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I agree with this. I have no ideal if he will ever coach at UT again but I would not be against it.
 
#141
#141
tnvols72 said:
Pearl will not screw up again , no matter who hires him. He knows this is his last chance to ever coach again. The man lied and paid a heck of a price for it. Probably more severe than it should of been but he paid the price.
I don't know who Tn will hire but somebody is going to hire Pearl and take that chance and Tn might as well be the one to hire him. Pearl did not leave Knoxville for a reason and from what I was told, Pearl has some big boosters in his corner. Either way ,this is Pearls last shot at coaching and I just don't see him screwing up again.
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Once upon a time Bruce held a weepy press conference where he admitted to lying and promised to be clean forever. Four days later he committed a secondary violation and didn't come clean about it to UT compliance. The people in the UTAD know that A) they can't trust Pearl to be straight with them, and B) if they hire him back and he gets busted for something else, the NCAA will bury us this time. I don't see how they can even consider it. There are many, many other basketball coaches out there.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Once upon a time Bruce held a weepy press conference where he admitted to lying and promised to be clean forever. Four days later he committed a secondary violation and didn't come clean about it to UT compliance. The people in the UTAD know that A) they can't trust Pearl to be straight with them, and B) if they hire him back and he gets busted for something else, the NCAA will bury us this time. I don't see how they can even consider it. There are many, many other basketball coaches out there.
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There are many basketball coaches out there and there were many before Bruce was hired so in our over 100 year history why did it take till Bruce got here to become ranked #1, beat a #1 ranked team, Go to the dance every year, sweet sixteen 50% of the time and Bruce owns about half of our all tournament victories. Yeah, not a problem finding someone as good as Bruce to come here.
 
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knowthevols said:
There are many basketball coaches out there and there were many before Bruce was hired so in our over 100 year history why did it take till Bruce got here to become ranked #1, beat a #1 ranked team, Go to the dance every year, sweet sixteen 50% of the time and Bruce owns about half of our all tournament victories. Yeah, not a problem finding someone as good as Bruce to come here.
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Imagine you're a happily married man. One day you find out that your wife has been banging another man and lying to you about it. You divorce her. You get in a bad relationship with a new girl, and eventually you break up with her too. Do you go back to your ex-wife now, figuring that hell, you used to be happy with her? Or do you take a chance on one of the other millions of women out there who haven't betrayed you?

I don't think a lot of fans understand that Pearl didn't just lie to the NCAA -- he lied to people in the UT athletic department too. How can you hire back someone whom you don't trust when being able to trust the head coach is a required part of the job?
 
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#145
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Vercingetorix said:
Imagine you're a happily married man. One day you find out that your wife has been banging another man and lying to you about it. You divorce her. You get in a bad relationship with a new girl, and eventually you break up with her too. Do you go back to your ex-wife now, figuring that hell, you used to be happy with her? Or do you take a chance on one of the other millions of women out there who haven't betrayed you?

I don't think a lot of fans understand that Pearl didn't just lie to the NCAA -- he lied to people in the UT athletic department too. How can you hire back someone whom you don't trust when being able to trust the head coach is a required part of the job?
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This fanbase would apparently take the ex back even after finding out she got the clap after they broke up.
 
#146
#146
Vercingetorix said:
Imagine you're a happily married man. One day you find out that your wife has been banging another man and lying to you about it. You divorce her. You get in a bad relationship with a new girl, and eventually you break up with her too. Do you go back to your ex-wife now, figuring that hell, you used to be happy with her? Or do you take a chance on one of the other millions of women out there who haven't betrayed you?

I don't think a lot of fans understand that Pearl didn't just lie to the NCAA -- he lied to people in the UT athletic department too. How can you hire back someone whom you don't trust when being able to trust the head coach is a required part of the job?
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If I had a boss as woefully incompetent, or perhaps as intentionally destructive, as Mike Hamilton, I would probably lie to him too.
 
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#147
SGMVols said:
This fanbase would apparently take the ex back even after finding out she got the clap after they broke up.
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This is not a comparable situation to the scenario set up by Vercingetorix. This fanbase just doesn't hate as much as some on here do.
 
#148
#148
knowthevols said:
This is not a comparable situation to the scenario set up by Vercingetorix. This fanbase just doesn't hate as much as some on here do.
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Chalking this up to "hate" is flat out comical and is the epitome of a red herring argument . . . not that that will bother anyone using the fallacious logic. It goes to show what selective memory is worth.

We don't hate the guy. We just look at the simple facts and decide we'd rather go in a different direction.
 
#149
#149
Vercingetorix said:
Once upon a time Bruce held a weepy press conference where he admitted to lying and promised to be clean forever. Four days later he committed a secondary violation and didn't come clean about it to UT compliance. The people in the UTAD know that A) they can't trust Pearl to be straight with them, and B) if they hire him back and he gets busted for something else, the NCAA will bury us this time. I don't see how they can even consider it. There are many, many other basketball coaches out there.
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It was proven that there was no violation after that press conference.....he was recruiting and doing his job.
 
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#150
#150
MFJones said:
Pearl paid the ultimate price for a small secondary violation. Yes, he lied to to the NCdoubleAzzclowns. The fact is, there is a much less chance of Pearl breaking rules again than any other coach we would hire. Two things I am pretty certain of - Pearl will not commit a major violation and won't ever lie to the NCAA again. Consider this: Louisville recently hired Petrino back for a second stint. Wait and see, he will have them playing in the ACC championship game within two years if not sooner. Louisville's AD will be considered a genius. Why not Pearl? Why not UT?
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If you hire Pearl, you have to know that at some point he's going to betray your trust in him. It's what he did and it's what he's always done. Petrino is the same way.

I get that winning fixes everything, but there are plenty of coaches who can win here. I just wish more people here had the confidence in UT to agree.
 
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